Match-card machine



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G'. HARGREAVES.

MATCH CARD MACHINE.

No. 255,621. Patented Mar. 28.1882.

mvemnn gea. pargefel/es Z/ Y Zag ATTORNEYS.

N, PETERS. Fhem-Lnhogmpher. washington, D4 C.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Slheet 2.

GQHARGREAVES.

MATCH GARD MACHINE.

No. 255,621; -Patented Ma,1.28,1882.

/z/'s ATTORNEYS WlTN ESSES N. PETERS. Phamuthognphur, washingmn. D c

UNITED STATES PATENT (Darieno MATCH-CARD MACHINE.

`SP1-21CIZEICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 2`5,G 21, dated March 28 1882. Application filed July 30, 1381. (Xo model.)

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HAnennAvEs, a citizen ofthe United States, resident at Detroit, in the county of' Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and valuable Improvementin Match-Gard Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thc same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l ofthe drawings Vis a representation of a. perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a modication. Figs. 3,4, and 5 show the article made by the machine in different conditions. y

This invention relates to improvements in machines for making" match-cards 5 and the invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement hereinafter set f'orth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, the lettera designates a bed-plate or frame, from which rise the standards a', supporting about mid-length a table, b, and, rising abovethe latter, they are bracedby a top cross-bar, a2. Above and bclow the table these standards have slots a3 a4,

in which slide the ends c2 c3 of the upper and lower cross-bars, c c', of the jig-saw frame o4. The jig-saws are arranged side by side across the table and held at their ends securely to the cross-bars, the edge of the middle saw, d, being somewhat in advance of those ofthe others. The saw-frame c4 has a pitman-connection, d', with an eccentric, d2, on a shaft, d3, which is arranged below across the bedplate a in bearings d4. To this shaft di power is applied in any suitable way, and by it the saws are made to reciprocate by means of the eccentric and pitman.

To the rear ofthe saws there are journaled in the table the pressenrolls e, back of which are the separators e', equal in number to the saws, and arranged in order behind the latter. The rear end of the table b rests onlegs b', and above these, in bearings f, is journaled a transverse shaft, f, to which power is communicated from shaft cl3 by means of pulleys g and h and belt k.

The swinging arms l are operated and their` position varied by connecting-rods p p and lever p2, which connects them with a treadle',`

p3, at the front.4 Power is communicated to the cutter-shaft m from shaft f by pulleys and belt.

By the construction described the cuttershaft is driven from shaft d3, so that the cut` ters and saws are operated together, and at the same time, by the treadle, the cutters are forced down to their work. These cutters are in the form ofcircula-r saws having wedgeshaped teeth m. In Figi! are shown modifications ofthe device for operating the cutters,

whereby the `latter can be brought down perpendicular-1y. In this case the shaftfis jonrnaled in bearing-blocks q, which are adapted to slide on arms r, keyed to a rock-sl1aft,s, ar ranged parallel to shaft f. The blocks q are supported on the arms r by springs r', which allows shat'tfa vertically-yielding motion.

0n shaftfare loosely hung the swinging arms l, carrying the cutter-shaft m at their np- This shaft extends beyond the arms per ends. and turns freely in bearing-blocks t, which have a free sliding movemen t on vertical guideposts t', secured to the table b. Power is applied and the position of the cutters varied,as already described. As-the treadle is operated the arms l descend, bringing the cutters with them, the blocks t sliding on posts t', keeping the cutters in a vertical line. The necessary thrnstvof arms lis permitted by the yielding of the springs r and the rocking ofthe shafts.

On the front end of the table b is placed the carriage u, carrying at the top the cam u and under its bottomthe rack u2.

Journaled under the front of the table is a shaft, c, having at its middle portion a gearwheel, e', intermeshing with the rack u2. This roo wheel is locked by a pawl to the shaf't v when turning forward, but runs loose when the shaft turns backward. A crank-arm, c2, ofthe shaft is connected by a jointed rod, e3, with thejig- Saw frame, so that the vertical reciprocation of the frame rocks the shaft c, and through the wheel c drives the carriage u up to the saws with an intermittent action.

The forward part of the bottom of the carriage u is recessed, so that the sides of the carriage may pass the frame of the saws and allow thelatter to work up in the carriage. In this carriage are placed in a vertical pile the match-card blanks, held rmly by the cam a above. As the machine is operated the feedslial't and wheel drive the carriage up to the saw-frame, forcing the blanks against the saws, which, being in operation, make parallel kerfs in the blanks, forming their front ends into splints. As the blanks are thus cut they ex- 'tend back of the jig-saws and are caught and held down iirmly by the presser-rolls e, their ends projecting beyond in line with the cutters above. At this point, the rack having progressed beyond the gear-wheel, the feed-motion ceases, and the cutters are brought down into contact with the ends ot' the splints by pressure on the treadlepl. These cutters strike-the edges of the splints on each side of a kerf at the ends, making wedge-shaped' openings between the ends ofthe splints. When one end ofthe pile ot' blanks is iinished the carriageis drawn back and the other end ot' the blanks presented to the saws. rIhe middle saw, d, being wider than the others, cuts a longer kert', and hence when the blanks are reversed runs the second kerf into its first and separates the blanks into two parts. The blanks are finished into cards by making a transverse cut through the solid portion at the bases of the splints, forming cards containing a series of splints connected by a ribbon.

Fig. 5 represents the blanks as they appear at'ter having one end worked by the machine, andFigs.3ar1dtrepresent the completed card. In these tigures, x is the splints, separated by the kerfsx and having the wedge-shaped openings y at the ends, the bases of the splints being connected by the ribbon z.

The card thus made effects a great savingiu material. Only a narrow kert is required to form the splints, and ample space is provided at the ends by means of the enlargement of the kert's for the fulminate to adhere.

Having described myinvention,whatIclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a match-card machine, the combination, with the table b, of the saw-frame carrying the jig-saws and workingin the slotted standards a', the sliding carriage u, having clamp u and rack u2, the shaft v, carrying pinion e', arms c2 e3, the latter connected to the saw-frame, and the loosely-pivoted arms l, carrying the rotary cutters n and the rods p ppz and treadle 19, substantially as specified.

2. In a match-card machine, a saw-frame carryingjigsa ws placed side by side, the central slw, d, being arranged to project slightly in advance of the others, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. Inamatch-cardmachine,thecombination, with thejig-sawssupportedinasaw-frame working in the slotted standards a', of the aligned separators e and the aligned rotary cutters n, supported in bearings in the arms I, loosely piv'- oted on the shal't fand operated by rods 19pp2 and treadlep, substantially as specilied.

4.. Inamatch'cardmachine,thecombination, with theji'g-saws, the aligned separators cin rear th ereot', and the aligned rotary cutters n, supported in bearings in .the pivoted arms Z, working on the shaftfand! operated by rods p p p2 and treadle p3, of the presser-rolls VVe r, substantially as specified.

5. Inamatch-card machine,the combination ofthe cutter-shaft m, the arms l, and thevertically-sliding bearings t on the guides t with the blocks q, supported on the arms 1" by springs r', whereby a vertical motion is given to the shat'tf when the arms l arc operated, Substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim theabove I have lhereunto Isubscribgd myname in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE HARGREAVES. Witnesses:

ROBERT H. BROWN, J. S. HUFF. 

